A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Rather
One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.
一个人的目的地永远不是一个地方,而是一种看待事物的新方式。
I'd rather be single than cheated on lied to and forgotten save me the heartache.
我宁愿单身,也不愿被骗,被骗,被遗忘,省得我心痛。
Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
也许一个人要到很老的时候才能学会被逗乐而不是被震惊。
You know its love when you wake up craving a warm hug rather than a cup of coffee.
当你醒来渴望一个温暖的拥抱而不是一杯咖啡时,你知道这是爱。
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.
我不会说女人没有性格;相反,他们每天都有一个新的。
Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
我为什么要退休?坐在家里看电视?不,谢谢。我宁愿出去玩。
I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig.
我很期待人们知道我是理查德而不是克雷格。
I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.
我宁愿不经历任何我必须经历的诉讼。
Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me.
伍尔夫夫人的抱怨应该针对她的创造者,她创造了她,而不是我。
It's hard to look in the mirror these days when everyone has everything you'd rather be.
如今,当每个人都拥有你想成为的一切时,你很难照镜子。
I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know.
我真的宁愿在车管所排很长的队也不愿意和不认识的人一起吃饭。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里,也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
孤独不是你将来必须希望的东西。相反,它是对当下的深化,除非你在当下寻找它,否则你永远不会找到它。
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
宁可选择灵魂坚强,不要选择身体强壮。
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
我宁愿感到懊悔,也不愿知道如何去定义它。
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.
但我宁愿在我的坟墓里做一个自由的人,也不愿做一个傀儡或奴隶。
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
友谊是多余的,像哲学,像艺术……它没有生存价值;相反,它是那些赋予生存价值的东西之一。
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
不要那么惧怕死亡,而要惧怕不充足的生命。